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- verb Present participle of
poach . - noun Illegal procurement of protected wildlife such as fish, game, logging, or plant collecting.
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- noun cooking in simmering liquid
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Examples
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With the president delaying his choice of a new director of national intelligence, the U.S. intelligence community may be vulnerable, says one former official, to what he called poaching -- Soledad.
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The penalty for poaching is far from being what it should be considering all that is effected from this.
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I'm confident one of the wardens will make sure the differential between hunting and poaching is seen.
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I'm confident one of the wardens will make sure the differential between hunting and poaching is seen.
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Anybody who knows anything about hunting knows that poaching is morally wrong and what the penalties for doing so are.
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And I know poaching is wrong, I am a very strong believer in hunting.
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Go ahead and shoot anyone who gives you the "yes, poaching is OK" opinion.
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Go ahead and shoot anyone who gives you the "yes, poaching is OK" opinion.
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And I know poaching is wrong, I am a very strong believer in hunting.
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Anybody who knows anything about hunting knows that poaching is morally wrong and what the penalties for doing so are.
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